List of the largest United States colleges and universities by enrollment

The ten largest colleges and universities by enrollment in the United States.
– Private
– Public

This is a list of the largest United States colleges and universities by enrollment for colleges and universities in the United States.

What this list includes:

  • Colleges and universities within the United States
  • University systems if the system is run under a single administration
  • Enrollment is the sum of the headcount of undergraduate and graduate students
  • Enrollment is counted by the Integrated Post-secondary Education System within the U.S. Department of Education.
  • Enrollment is the 12-month unduplicated headcount, indicating the number of unique students who attended the university during the year.

What this list does not include:

  • Any indication of how many of the enrolled students are full or part-time (e.g., some universities may have a high enrollment, but have most students enrolled in only a single class)
  • Any indication of how many students are online-only.

For other lists that measure university enrollment, see the see also section below.

Rankings

The United States Department of Education's Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System contains information on all 7,316 officially recognized institutions of higher education in the United States. The following is a list of the thirty largest institutions of higher education by Fall 2013 enrollment, meaning it is the number of unique individuals who were enrolled in at least one class on the 21st day of the Fall 2013 semester. Whether a system of individual campuses is counted as one or multiple institutions depends on how that institution is accredited and chartered. All data can be verified on the IPEDS system website.[1]

U.S. Department of Education Fall 2013 Enrollment[2]
Rank College Classification Location Enrollment
1State University of New York SystemPublicNew York606,232
2University of PhoenixPrivate, For-profitArizona442,033
3 University of North Carolina System Public North Carolina 222,322
4Ivy Tech Community CollegePublicIndiana175,313
5Ashford UniversityPrivate, For-profitIowa169,843
6American Public University SystemPrivate, For-profitWest Virginia110,644
7Liberty UniversityPrivateVirginia110,000
8Miami Dade CollegePublicFlorida100,855
9Lone Star College SystemPublicTexas98,313
10The Pennsylvania State UniversityPublicPennsylvania94,441
11Houston Community College SystemPublicTexas93,625
12Arizona State UniversityPublicArizona81,789
13Kaplan UniversityPrivate, For-profitIowa77,566
14Northern Virginia Community CollegePublicVirginia76,552
15Walden UniversityPrivate, For-profitMinnesota75,895
16Tarrant County College DistrictPublicTexas75,547
17Grand Canyon UniversityPrivate[Note 1]Arizona71,712
18Austin Community College DistrictPublicTexas70,452
19University of Central FloridaPublicFlorida69,086
20The Ohio State UniversityPublicOhio64,930
21University of MarylandPublicMaryland64,737
22University of MinnesotaPublicMinnesota63,929
23Broward CollegePublicFlorida62,796
24Florida International UniversityPublicFlorida60,592
25Valencia CollegePublicFlorida60,469
26University of FloridaPublicFlorida56,683
27East Los Angeles CollegePublicCalifornia56,395
28College of Southern NevadaPublicNevada56,364
29Rio Salado CollegePublicArizona56,031
30Capella UniversityPrivate, For-profitMinnesota56,009
31Portland Community CollegePublicOregon55,558
  1. ↑ As of July 1, 2018, GCU has transitioned from for-profit to nonprofit.

See also

References

  1. ↑ IPEDS Datacenter US Department of Education. Data can be obtained by "comparing institutions on a single variable," and then choosing to compare ALL US INSTITUTIONS by Fall 2012 enrollment.
  2. ↑ IPEDS Datacenter
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